Robbery prompts SWAT response near UIC campus, no one found

December 07, 2011|Staff report

Chicago police surround the area at 14th and Morgan in Chicago. (Nuccio DiNuzzo/ Chicago Tribune)

The armed robbery of a pizza deliveryman near the University of Illinois at Chicago campus prompted a SWAT team response to a potential barricade situation but no suspect was found, authorities said this morning.

Police responded to the area near West 14th and South Morgan streets around 8:35 p.m. Tuesday, believing that the robber had holed up in a building in the area. The search was called off about 12:40 a.m.

The incident began when a gunman robbed a pizza deliveryman on 14th Street, police said. After seeing his assailant run into a nearby building, the deliveryman called police, who alerted SWAT officers, police said.

A perimeter was been set up around the area, with a media staging area near Roosevelt Road and Morgan.

After about four hours, when no one was found in the area, the search was called off.